Austro-Hungarian Landwehr

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The Austro-Hungarian Landwehr was the territorial militia and secondary defense force of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, operating alongside but separate from the empire’s Common Army.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
reserve force ⓘ
territorial militia ⓘ
allegiance Emperor of Austria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Imperial-Royal Landwehr ⓘ
k.k. Landwehr ⓘ
commandLanguage German ⓘ
country Austria-Hungary ⓘ
disbandedAfter armistice of 1918 ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing collapse of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
distinctFrom Imperial-Royal Landwehr of Hungary (Honvédség) ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
engagedIn Balkan campaigns of World War I ⓘ
Eastern Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front

Italian Front of World War I ⓘ
linked to: Italian Front

World War I ⓘ
garrisonArea Austrian crown lands ⓘ
hasPart Landwehr cavalry regiments ⓘ
Landwehr field artillery units ⓘ
Landwehr infantry regiments ⓘ
Landwehr mountain troops ⓘ
headquartersLocation Vienna ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
legalBasis Austro-Hungarian military reforms of 1868 ⓘ
militaryBranch artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
mountain troops ⓘ
operatedAlongside Common Army of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
operatedIn Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
partOf Cisleithania ⓘ
peacetimeFunction local defense and internal security ⓘ
primaryRole territorial defense ⓘ
recruitmentBasis conscription ⓘ
territorial principle ⓘ
role border defense ⓘ
homeland security ⓘ
secondaryRole support to the Common Army in wartime ⓘ
separateFrom Common Army of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
startTime 1868 ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Austrian Ministry of National Defence ⓘ
successor armed forces of the First Austrian Republic ⓘ
trainingLevel lower than the Common Army ⓘ
type territorial army ⓘ
wartimeFunction reinforcement of front-line forces ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common Army → distinctFrom → Austro-Hungarian Landwehr ⓘ
Field Marshal (Austrian Army) → usedIn → Imperial-Royal Landwehr ⓘ
linked to: Austro-Hungarian Landwehr
Austro-Hungarian Army ranks → usedBy → Imperial-Royal Landwehr ⓘ
linked to: Austro-Hungarian Landwehr
k.u.k. Wehrmacht → hasPart → k.u.k. Landwehr ⓘ
linked to: Austro-Hungarian Landwehr
Austro-Hungarian Landwehr → alsoKnownAs → Imperial-Royal Landwehr ⓘ
linked to: Austro-Hungarian Landwehr